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In 2025, fire departments serving Gilroy responded to 284 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1000.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,908 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.0B cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 527 | — | |
| 2022 | 367 | -30.4% | |
| 2023 | 400 | +9.0% | |
| 2024 | 330 | -17.5% | |
| 2025 | 284 | -13.9% |
For the 11 building fires Gilroy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 358 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 24.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 44 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 21 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 18 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 16 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Egress/exit, other | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 95 | 26.5% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Gilroy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 213 | 59.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 26 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Match | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 36 | 10.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Gilroy departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $999,999,999 | Fire, other | Catastrophic | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,500,000 | Special outside fire, other | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Gilroy sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
9 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 3 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 891,256 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 132,127 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,088 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 14.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 4.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16,820 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,905 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 42.9 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Gilroy. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.